Turpitude

Origin

From Latin turpitūdō ("baseness, infamy"), from turpis ("foul, base").

Full definition of turpitude

Noun

1. Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
• 1886, w, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, eve in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.
2. An act evident of such a depravity.

Related terms

• turpid
• turpidly
• turpitudinous